Text 140] The Liberation of Sérvabhauma Bhattacarya 269
TRANSLATION
“All Vedic literature and other literature that strictly follows the Vedic prin-
ciples ascertain that the Supreme Brahman is the Absolute Truth, the greatest
of all, and a feature of the Supreme Lord.
PURPORT
The greatest of everything is Sri Krsna. Lord Krsna states in Bhagavad-gita, vedai$
ca sarvair aham eva vedyah: “By all the Vedas, | am to be known.” (Bg. 15.15) In
Srimad-Bhagavatam it is said that the Absolute Truth is understood in three
phases—namely, Brahman, Paramatma and Bhagavan, the Supreme Personality of
Godhead (brahmeti paramatmeti bhagavan iti sabdyate). Thus the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead is the last word in understanding the Absolute Truth, Brah-
man.
TEXT 140
meseagafaatel wae Satz |
Srer fasta Sia Fae Brest i Be i
sarvaisvarya-pariptrna svayam bhagavan
tanre nirakara kari’ karaha vydkhydna
SYNONYMS
sarva-aisvarya-paripdrna—full with all opulences; svayam—personally; bha-
gavan —the Supreme Personality of Godhead; tanre—Him; nirakara—impersonal;
kari’—making; karaha—you make; vyakhydna—explanation.
TRANSLATION
“Actually, the Supreme Absolute Truth is a person, the Supreme Personality
of Godhead, full with all opulences. You are trying to explain Him as imper-
sonal and formless.
PURPORT
Brahman means brhattva, the greatest of all. The greatest of all is Sri Krsna, the
Supreme Personality of Godhead. He possesses all potencies and opulence in full;
therefore the Absolute Truth, the greatest of all, is the Supreme Personality of
Godhead. Whether one says “Brahman” or “the Supreme Personality of God-
head,” the fact is the same, for they are identical. In Bhagavad-gita, Arjuna ac-
cepted Krsna as param brahma param dhama. Although the living entities or mate-
rial nature are sometimes described as Brahman, Pararn Brahma—the Supreme,
